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Kohistan (کوہستان, meaning "land of mountains"; (パシュトー語:اباسين کوهستان)), also called Abasin Kohistan or Indus Kohistan, is an administrative district within Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Hazara division covering an area of ; it had a population of 472,570 at the 1998 Census. Geographically, Kohistan stretches from the border with Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan in the east and north to Swat and Shangla in the west, and Mansehra and Battagram District in the south. In 2014, the government bifurcated Kohistan district into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan, carving out one more administrative unit after which the total number of districts in the province has gone up to 26.〔http://www.dawn.com/news/1080683〕 ==Administration== The District is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan & provincial assembly by three elected MNA & MPAs who represent the following constituencies:〔(Constituencies and MPAs - Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP )〕 * NA-23 (Kohistan) * PK-61 (Kohistan-1) * PK-62 (Kohistan-2) * PK-63 (Kohistan-3) Kohistan District is divided into four Tehsils (subdivisions): * Dassu * Pattan * Palas * Kandia The capital of Kohistan is Dassu. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kohistan District, Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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